Strefan, Maurer Progenitor (Commander) - Budget Upgraded

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Sep 18, 2025
How To Play Vampires Differently in Commander
If you want to play a Vampire deck but are concerned that it'll be the same as every other Vampire deck, this is the article for you.
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Tablet of Discovery
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Markov Enforcer
87%inclusion47 decks54 decks
85%synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
87%inclusion47 decks54 decks
84%synergy
Crossway Troublemakers
83%inclusion45 decks54 decks
81%synergy
Bloodtithe Harvester
83%inclusion45 decks54 decks
81%synergy
Patron of the Vein
80%inclusion43 decks54 decks
77%synergy
Anje, Maid of Dishonor
80%inclusion43 decks54 decks
77%synergy
Sanctum Seeker
76%inclusion41 decks54 decks
74%synergy
Necropolis Regent
76%inclusion41 decks54 decks
73%synergy
Stromkirk Captain
76%inclusion41 decks54 decks
73%synergy
Stensia Masquerade
72%inclusion39 decks54 decks
69%synergy
Top Cards
Kamber, the Plunderer
70%inclusion38 decks54 decks
68%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
69%inclusion37 decks54 decks
65%synergy
Feed the Swarm
67%inclusion36 decks54 decks
25%synergy
Olivia's Attendants
67%inclusion36 decks54 decks
64%synergy
Malakir Bloodwitch
67%inclusion36 decks54 decks
65%synergy
Olivia's Wrath
67%inclusion36 decks54 decks
64%synergy
Cordial Vampire
67%inclusion36 decks54 decks
64%synergy
Timothar, Baron of Bats
65%inclusion35 decks54 decks
64%synergy
Arterial Alchemy
63%inclusion34 decks54 decks
61%synergy
Anowon, the Ruin Sage
61%inclusion33 decks54 decks
59%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
Voldaren Epicure
61%inclusion33 decks54 decks
58%synergy
Champion of Dusk
59%inclusion32 decks54 decks
57%synergy
Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
59%inclusion32 decks54 decks
58%synergy
Bloodline Necromancer
59%inclusion32 decks54 decks
57%synergy
Voldaren Bloodcaster
57%inclusion31 decks54 decks
55%synergy
Gluttonous Guest
56%inclusion30 decks54 decks
54%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
52%inclusion28 decks54 decks
50%synergy
Blood Artist
50%inclusion27 decks54 decks
31%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
48%inclusion26 decks54 decks
46%synergy
Rakish Heir
46%inclusion25 decks54 decks
45%synergy
Falkenrath Forebear
46%inclusion25 decks54 decks
45%synergy
Scion of Opulence
46%inclusion25 decks54 decks
45%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
44%inclusion24 decks54 decks
40%synergy
Florian, Voldaren Scion
44%inclusion24 decks54 decks
38%synergy
Falkenrath Gorger
43%inclusion23 decks54 decks
41%synergy
Belligerent Guest
43%inclusion23 decks54 decks
42%synergy
Falkenrath Celebrants
41%inclusion22 decks54 decks
40%synergy
Vampire Socialite
35%inclusion19 decks54 decks
34%synergy
Bloodsworn Steward
35%inclusion19 decks54 decks
34%synergy
Bloodtracker
35%inclusion19 decks54 decks
34%synergy
Blood Hypnotist
31%inclusion17 decks54 decks
31%synergy
Midnight Arsonist
31%inclusion17 decks54 decks
31%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
28%inclusion15 decks54 decks
15%synergy
Olivia, Crimson Bride
28%inclusion15 decks54 decks
26%synergy
Bloodcrazed Socialite
28%inclusion15 decks54 decks
27%synergy
Restless Bloodseeker
28%inclusion15 decks54 decks
27%synergy
Wedding Security
26%inclusion14 decks54 decks
25%synergy
Bloodvial Purveyor
24%inclusion13 decks54 decks
24%synergy
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
24%inclusion13 decks54 decks
23%synergy
Blood Petal Celebrant
22%inclusion12 decks54 decks
21%synergy
Markov Baron
22%inclusion12 decks54 decks
20%synergy
Twilight Prophet
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
18%synergy
Indulgent Aristocrat
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Dragon
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
20%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
19%synergy
Henrika Domnathi
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
18%synergy
Stromkirk Occultist
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
16%synergy
Moonstone Eulogist
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
18%synergy
Laurine, the Diversion
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
18%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Anje's Ravager
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
16%synergy
Stromkirk Bloodthief
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
16%synergy
Ivora, Insatiable Heir
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
15%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
9%synergy
Dominating Vampire
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Westgate Regent
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Dark Impostor
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Drana, the Last Bloodchief
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
13%synergy
Queen's Bay Paladin
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Rakdos Charm
57%inclusion31 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Vampires' Vengeance
48%inclusion26 decks54 decks
47%synergy
Urge to Feed
35%inclusion19 decks54 decks
34%synergy
Terminate
24%inclusion13 decks54 decks
-16%synergy
Bedevil
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
-14%synergy
Chaos Warp
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
-31%synergy
Deadly Dispute
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
-12%synergy
Infernal Grasp
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
0%synergy
Abrade
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
-8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
9%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Neonate's Rush
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
9%synergy
Lightning Bolt
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
-9%synergy
Vampiric Fury
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Bleed Dry
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Withering Torment
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
-14%synergy
Undying Malice
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
1%synergy
Feign Death
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
1%synergy
Doom Blade
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
4%synergy
Costly Plunder
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Murder
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
1%synergy
Shock
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
-1%synergy
Demand Answers
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
-7%synergy
Price of Fame
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Unlicensed Disintegration
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Pointed Discussion
54%inclusion29 decks54 decks
52%synergy
Night's Whisper
50%inclusion27 decks54 decks
31%synergy
Blasphemous Act
48%inclusion26 decks54 decks
-2%synergy
Vandalblast
44%inclusion24 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Vampire's Kiss
39%inclusion21 decks54 decks
38%synergy
Sinister Waltz
33%inclusion18 decks54 decks
32%synergy
Bloody Betrayal
24%inclusion13 decks54 decks
23%synergy
Mob Rule
24%inclusion13 decks54 decks
22%synergy
Exsanguinate
22%inclusion12 decks54 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
8%synergy
Ancient Craving
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
19%synergy
Damnable Pact
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
17%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
16%synergy
Sign in Blood
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
-5%synergy
Edgar's Awakening
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
16%synergy
Faithless Looting
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
-15%synergy
Grisly Ritual
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
13%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
12%synergy
Avacyn's Judgment
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
11%synergy
Lacerate Flesh
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
11%synergy
Predators' Hour
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
10%synergy
New Blood
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
8%synergy
Call to the Netherworld
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
6%synergy
Markov Retribution
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
9%synergy
Terminal Agony
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Stensia Banquet
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Chain Reaction
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
1%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Blood Tribute
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Macabre Waltz
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Feast of Blood
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Arterial Flow
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Alms of the Vein
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Blood Tithe
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Eaten Alive
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
4%synergy
Reanimate
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
-17%synergy
Grab the Prize
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
-5%synergy
Bloodline Bidding
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
61%inclusion33 decks54 decks
29%synergy
Inspiring Statuary
33%inclusion18 decks54 decks
31%synergy
Blood Fountain
31%inclusion17 decks54 decks
30%synergy
Cryptolith Fragment
30%inclusion16 decks54 decks
26%synergy
Ceremonial Knife
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
20%synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
16%synergy
Oni-Cult Anvil
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
15%synergy
Sanguine Statuette
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
13%synergy
Idol of Oblivion
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
8%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
9%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
6%synergy
Cranial Plating
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Bontu's Monument
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
6%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Herald's Horn
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Sinister Monolith
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
-8%synergy
Heirloom Blade
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Door of Destinies
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Transmutation Font
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Strionic Resonator
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
4%synergy
Cranial Ram
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Gathering Stone
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Molten Echoes
24%inclusion13 decks54 decks
21%synergy
Underworld Connections
24%inclusion13 decks54 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22%inclusion12 decks54 decks
-2%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
15%synergy
Gift of Fangs
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
11%synergy
Collective Inferno
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Sanguine Bond
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Ghirapur Aether Grid
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Rising of the Day
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
1%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
2%synergy
Underhanded Designs
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Sanctum of Stone Fangs
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
4%synergy
Impact Tremors
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
-6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Sorin the Mirthless
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
12%synergy
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Temple of the False God
35%inclusion19 decks54 decks
25%synergy
Bojuka Bog
28%inclusion15 decks54 decks
-8%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
28%inclusion15 decks54 decks
19%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
-3%synergy
Ramunap Ruins
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
11%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
8%synergy
Shivan Gorge
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
0%synergy
Barbarian Ring
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
7.5%inclusion4 decks53 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
-11%synergy
Mortuary Mire
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
0%synergy
Memorial to Folly
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion49 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Signet
80%inclusion43 decks54 decks
-2%synergy
Rakdos Signet
61%inclusion33 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
39%inclusion21 decks54 decks
22%synergy
Fire Diamond
30%inclusion16 decks54 decks
21%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
28%inclusion15 decks54 decks
20%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
26%inclusion14 decks54 decks
-29%synergy
Mind Stone
19%inclusion10 decks54 decks
-10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
-20%synergy
Patchwork Banner
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Rakdos Cluestone
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
5%synergy
White Lotus Tile
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Rakdos Locket
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion54 decks54 decks
2%synergy
Mountain
98%inclusion53 decks54 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
89%inclusion48 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
83%inclusion45 decks54 decks
20%synergy
Tainted Peak
74%inclusion40 decks54 decks
31%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
72%inclusion39 decks54 decks
27%synergy
Path of Ancestry
70%inclusion38 decks54 decks
54%synergy
Temple of Malice
69%inclusion37 decks54 decks
35%synergy
Voldaren Estate
69%inclusion37 decks54 decks
66%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
67%inclusion36 decks54 decks
35%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
59%inclusion32 decks54 decks
24%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
57%inclusion31 decks54 decks
54%synergy
Myriad Landscape
43%inclusion23 decks54 decks
25%synergy
Exotic Orchard
37%inclusion20 decks54 decks
6%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
33%inclusion18 decks54 decks
-30%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
33%inclusion18 decks54 decks
14%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
28%inclusion15 decks54 decks
-19%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
20%inclusion11 decks54 decks
18%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
17%inclusion9 decks54 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
15%inclusion8 decks54 decks
-6%synergy
Haunted Ridge
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
-23%synergy
Akoum Refuge
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
5%synergy
Jagged Barrens
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
4%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
-9%synergy
Geothermal Bog
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
2%synergy
Graven Cairns
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
-22%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
9.3%inclusion5 decks54 decks
-13%synergy
Canyon Slough
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
-12%synergy
Cinder Barrens
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
4%synergy
Boiling Rock Prison
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Bluff
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Razortrap Gorge
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
3%synergy
Demolition Field
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
3%synergy